It’s difficult not to think about the continued layoffs, especially with so many friends and colleagues in the tech industry. Also, seeing the layoffs in December at Spotify and Google and …
Swimming Away from Toxicity
This was not the New Year message I wanted to write, but here we are. I wanted to share a few short stories and a solution that works well for me in challenging situations. (Content …
Will AI help or harm our agility?
Everything we see online floods us with the promise and fears of artificial intelligence (AI). But I have a way to describe what I see when I look at AI. It’s not a huge technological breakthrough. …
Tell Stories to Generate Action
One of my readers, Sherry, asked me recently, “How do I tell stories to influence people?’ As a highly skilled internal agile coach, Sherry’s influence in her technology organization grew. …
How to Handle a Challenging Audience (A Lesson in Story Telling)
One of the readers of my newsletter recently asked how to become a better storyteller. So let me provide part of an answer here with a story, and I’ll share how I crafted it later in my …
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Building better communications for remote and hybrid-remote teams
Recently, I’ve had the good fortune to have two of my favorite things happen: I’m collaborating with people I respect, and I’ve had my assumptions challenged. I know I’ve learned something new in …
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